"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )